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Battery Assembly Re-design in a Medical Device Company
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)Abstract - Today, customer complaints is a strategic business metric for the organizations to measure the customer satisfaction and product’s performance. During YR2011, an adverse trend on complaints per million (CPMs) ... -
Biotech Diafiltration Process Optimization and Control Using Six Sigma Methods
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)Abstract — Biologics parenteral downstream protein purification process often requires a buffer exchanges step. This process can be described also as a product washing step. In order to optimize a protein DF process is ... -
Biotechnology Ion Exchange Chromatography Improvement
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2024)This research investigates the influence of different stop collection percentages on ion exchange chromatography in laboratory-scale separations. A direct association was seen between reduced stop collection (percentages ... -
Building your Businesses Performance using Quality Key Points
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)The problem with todays and yesterday’s businesses is the lack of innovative ideas because everything was build and presented at the same time and not in stages. Today all you see is what is left of what was once ... -
Business Expansion Design for Challenge Fitness Studio Using DMADV Methodology
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)Challenge Fitness Studio is a fitness center incorporated in 2019. The organization’s goal is to gain market penetration and increase members enrollment through partnership with private entities, citizen service centers, ... -
Capability of CNC-Mori-Seiki ENDO HEAD
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Endo Head is a product suitable to perform hemiarthroplasty on any hip joint whose acetabular conditions are satisfactory. The Endo Head is a unipolar prosthesis made of CoCr alloy that consists of a Monobloc prosthetic ... -
Causas de la pérdida de leche en una vaquería localizada en Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)En este proyecto de investigación se analizaron las causas de la pérdida de leche en las vacas, específicamente en una vaquería ubicada en Moca. Se analizó el proceso de ordeño de la vaca y el uso del robot Lely Astronaut ... -
Clean Room Differential Pressure Monitoring Improvements
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Manufacturing of oral solid dosage (OSD) forms, such tablets and capsules, is performed in a highly regulated environment. One of the guidelines used to provide the minimum requirements that a manufacturer must meet ... -
Combination Products Regulation – A Guide to Compliance
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) has issued a regulation on the current good manufacturing practices (CGMP’s) requirements applicable to combination products. The new rule is intended to promote the ... -
Complaint Reduction Project of Infant Heel Incision Lancets of a Medical Device Manufacturing Plant
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)The purpose of this project was to identify key factors affecting the complaint rate of the infant heel stick lancet related to insufficient blood flow from the incisions and no activation of the lancet after triggered. ... -
Compression Machines Relocation for Space Optimization
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)Pharmaceutical industries develop, produce and market drugs for use as medications. All pharmaceutical manufacturers are directed to produce in a high optimization environment to increase productivity and ensure product ... -
Computer System Validation CSV in Data Integrity Implementation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Computer System Validation CSV in Data Integrity refers to the completeness, consistency, and accuracy of data. Complete, consistent, and accurate data should be attributable, legible, contemporaneously recorded, original ... -
Construction Services Company – Purchases Process and Warehouse System Improvements
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)In the manufacturing industry, engineers focus on positively impacting all areas related to product output. When the output is tangible, several methodologies and assessments can be implemented to improve the production ... -
Continuous Improvement in a Warehouse of Short Bark Industries
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)In the company Short Bark Industries is manufacturing military clothing and accessories. This company has a problem in the organization and excess inventory in the warehouse. For this they need to implement two Lean ... -
Continuous Manufacturing Variability Study
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Continuous manufacturing variability is measured with the help of analysis of variance methodologies and statistical process control (SPC) tools such as control charts. The objective of this project was to assess ... -
Control Strategy design of a Continuous Direct Compression Process for Oral Solids Dosages using Resident Time Distribution Studies
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)In a continuous process any deviation from the intended process parameters can cause an unreliable product and economical losses.Residence time is a measure of how much time any given material or ... -
Coronary Guide Wires Abbott Vascular
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Abbott Vascular produces guide wires which are designed to navigate vessels to reach a lesion or vessel segment. Once the tip of the device arrives at its destination, it acts as a guide so that larger catheters can ... -
Cost & Cycle Time Reduction and Increased Production on CNC Machines
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)There are a lot of different types of manufacturing industries. Some of the similarities, in the majority, is the need to reduce cost, cycle tyme and consequently increase productivity. There are several methodologies ... -
Cost and Safety Benefits when Implementing the Analytical Condition Inspection (ACI) Program on the F-35A (Lightning II) Fleet
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)In 2012 [1], the first F-35A’s (conventional takeoff and landing) [2] fighter jets took off the production line to join the US Air Force (USAF) fleet. Since then, this weapons system has flown in multiple missions ... -
Cost Reduction in the Accumulator Process in Welding Operations
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)For the last few weeks, the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning manufacturing company Thermo King Arecibo has been increasing the operational cost due to leak problems on the accumulator area in the welding ...